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Speaker 1: It's a league fifteen to ten touchdown Chargers.

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Speaker 2: What's up, guys?

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Speaker 3: Welcome into another episode of Chargers Weekly, presented by Microsoft

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Speaker 3: Surface as always, joined by Matt mndey Smith. Coming off

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Speaker 3: another resounding victory, Chargers on Monday Night Football dominate the

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Speaker 3: Jets twenty seven to six, second straight win back at

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Speaker 3: five hundred in money. I imagine the ViBe's very good

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Speaker 3: after that game at Jet Life Stadium.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I was interesting because it's the first time, you know,

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Speaker 4: I've been doing this since twenty seventeen with the team.

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Speaker 4: It's the first time we stayed the night. Like, yeah,

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Speaker 4: it was kind of weird. So everyone's back in the

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Speaker 4: hotel and in catering in one of the ballrooms where

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Speaker 4: they had a bunch of food. Even though it was

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Speaker 4: like twelve thirty one in the morning, you know, everyone's

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Speaker 4: still pretty wired and kind of adrenaline still flowing from

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Speaker 4: the game. So it was just fun to kind of

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Speaker 4: see the guys sort of get together and celebrate as

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Speaker 4: opposed to just kind of being on the bus getting

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Speaker 4: on the plane, settling into your seat, probably falling asleep.

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Speaker 4: They're all wrapped up in ice for the trip home,

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Speaker 4: and this was kind of a cool little opportunity to

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Speaker 4: peek as a fly on the wall into these guys

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Speaker 4: being excited about a victory and bonding with one another

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Speaker 4: and kind of hanging out and laughing around the tables.

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Speaker 4: And I think because it was such I don't want

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Speaker 4: to say complimentary football obviously, because the offense didn't do

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Speaker 4: a whole lot, but they did enough.

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Speaker 1: Right.

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Speaker 4: You got big field goals, you got huge first downs

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Speaker 4: when you needed them. You got a pair of touchdowns

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Speaker 4: or at least you got a touchdown technically two right

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Speaker 4: with the one play drive from Austin after a lowie

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Speaker 4: Gilman stepped out of bounds right before scoring on the scoop,

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Speaker 4: so technically two. But the defense played great. Special teams

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Speaker 4: was exceptional. So you really kind of felt that in

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Speaker 4: that room that hey, this will we really kind of

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Speaker 4: all pitched in and knock this thing out. And you know,

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Speaker 4: for people that were pointing out, oh, it's just the Jets,

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Speaker 4: you know they stink twenty four punts the week before. Well,

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Speaker 4: go around the go ahead and look at the the

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Speaker 4: ESPN projections and what their experts thought was going to

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Speaker 4: happen in that game. Look at the NFL network projections

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Speaker 4: and who thought who they thought was going to win

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Speaker 4: that game. So you want to say it was an

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Speaker 4: easy win, Well, apparently a lot of the people that

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Speaker 4: talk about football for a living and get pretty big

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Speaker 4: checks to do so it didn't think it was going

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Speaker 4: to be an easy win, and they thought it was

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Speaker 4: going to be a loss. And the Chargers went out

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Speaker 4: there and absolutely dominated.

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Speaker 3: They did, And you're right, everybody. Everybody picked the Jets

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Speaker 3: to win. And I really don't care who the opponent is.

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Speaker 3: Money Sometimes in a locker room, you need to experience

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Speaker 3: what it's like to win, and to win big, and

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Speaker 3: to gain confidence and to come off back to back

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Speaker 3: games on a national stage and dominate your opponent. I

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Speaker 3: thought of you immediately when Darius Davis scored on the

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Speaker 3: punt return touchdown, because I think as we closed the pot,

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Speaker 3: we said play from in front, right, they played from

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Speaker 3: in front the entire game. The first five minutes of

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Speaker 3: the game. It felt like Zach Wilson in the offense

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Speaker 3: was gonna have a hard time score in seven right,

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Speaker 3: seven to nothing right from the beginning. The defense, I

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Speaker 3: can't say enough about really the pass rush, but I

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Speaker 3: want to start with the guy that I think we

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Speaker 3: talked about last week too, just Alohi Gilman's presence. Man

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Speaker 3: makes a world of difference on this team, and he

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Speaker 3: showed it from the beginning.

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Speaker 2: You mentioned the scoop up.

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Speaker 3: At the end we'll get into tou Ley and Bosa

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Speaker 3: and Mac and those guys pinning their ears back, but

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Speaker 3: just the glue guy, Alohi Gilman. I really feel like

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Speaker 3: we felt his presence last two weeks.

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Speaker 1: No doubt.

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Speaker 4: I think it's a great place to start, Chris, because

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Speaker 4: you see how much better this defense has played since

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Speaker 4: his return. He's such a smart player. He's regularly in

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Speaker 4: the right spot. If there's anything maybe you want to

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Speaker 4: ding them on, it's, you know, the athleticism that they're

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Speaker 4: used to seeing that you're used to seeing the explosiveness

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Speaker 4: at a free safety position. Typically that's a very high

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Speaker 4: level athlete, a four sub four four guy that's tracking

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Speaker 4: the football, and that's maybe the one thing that there

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Speaker 4: were some concerns about him up there. Well, he makes

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Speaker 4: up for it with intelligence, with knowing how to use angles, timing.

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Speaker 4: When I worked for the Lakers and they were you know,

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Speaker 4: three finals and won two titles. You know, this is

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Speaker 4: going to sound terrible like I'm patting myself on the back,

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Speaker 4: but this is what he reminds me of. I said,

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Speaker 4: you know, you have the Stars and Pow and Kobe,

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Speaker 4: your leader and Derek Fisher, I said, but just imagine

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Speaker 4: and what's going to happen to that tile if there's

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Speaker 4: in place. And that's lamar Odom. Lamar Odom was the

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Speaker 4: grout for the floor. And it's funny because DJ I'm

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Speaker 4: sure probably never heard that he's not a Laker fan,

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Speaker 4: but when we were doing the game, he said, you

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Speaker 4: know what, Matt, if you're building a house and you've

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Speaker 4: got all these bricks, you know, Joe's a brick, and

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Speaker 4: Kenneth Murray's a brick, and Khalil Mack's a brick, but

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Speaker 4: you know, Aloe's the mortar. He's the guy that gets

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Speaker 4: all the bricks to connect. And just go back to

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Speaker 4: the game against the Bears. The timing on that hit

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Speaker 4: the Iont statistic, but Aloe's the one that creates that play.

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Speaker 4: You know, he had a I mean he had a

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Speaker 4: thumper of a hit on that first series that helped

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Speaker 4: set the tone. You know, Joey gets the personal file penalty,

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Speaker 4: just kind of letting Zach Wilson know, Hey, I'm gonna

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Speaker 4: be here all day, so I'll take the fifteen yards,

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Speaker 4: but just know you're gonna see ghosts, and I'm gonna

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Speaker 4: remind you of what that ghost feels like when it

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Speaker 4: hits you full speed. So I liked that he set

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Speaker 4: MTh Murray had a huge hit and then Derwin James,

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Speaker 4: I mean, damn near broke bresee Hall in half with

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Speaker 4: tone for the defense. It wasn't just the sacks, it

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Speaker 4: wasn't just the turnovers. It was the physicality. It was

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Speaker 4: you guys, better pull up your bootstraps because this thing's

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Speaker 4: gonna be nasty today and we're gonna be bringing some

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Speaker 4: serious thump to this game and you better be ready

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Speaker 4: for it. And I think that certainly affected them.

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Speaker 3: I think there's something to be said about having fun too.

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Speaker 3: Hear that a lot the last two weeks. Is like, hey,

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Speaker 3: we're getting back to having fun. And when Chargers fans

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Speaker 3: after that offensive lot of the Jets, that unit had

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Speaker 3: no shot against this pass rush from the beginning. But money, again,

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Speaker 3: a seventeen game season is so long to see these

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Speaker 3: realize it's a short week in Detroit's coming off of bye,

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Speaker 3: but that momentum is there for the Charges right now,

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Speaker 3: and you saw it, and you're seeing it in the

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Speaker 4: Well, here's I'm gonna go back two and a half games,

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Speaker 4: right and I'm gonna go go back to the post

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Speaker 4: game from the Chiefs game. This has now been ten

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Speaker 4: that first half for twenty four points. Travis Kelcey and

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Speaker 4: Patrick Mahomes, essentially humiliating them, you know, very similar to

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Speaker 4: the Miami game where they were the object of derision

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Speaker 4: and Brandon Staley was a big part of that. This

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Speaker 4: I think, look, there's pride if you're gonna go out

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Speaker 4: can't imagine, you know, how upset you're going to get

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Speaker 4: So I still believe, and I don't know this, it's

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Speaker 4: just my speculation. I believe something happened at halftime at

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Speaker 4: You've got to get after their ass and we didn't

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Speaker 4: a lot of pushback from that defense in that postgame

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Speaker 4: let's see if we can find something here, because there's

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Speaker 4: too much talent on this team for us to be

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Speaker 1: This is stupid.

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Speaker 4: Let's figure this out, you know, in one hundred and

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Speaker 4: this out. And I think you've seen it. I think

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Speaker 4: you've seen them cut loose. They're rushing with four, they're

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Speaker 4: letting guys play press. Derwin's on the line of scrimmage.

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Speaker 4: There's a lot more aggression from the linebackers, you know,

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Speaker 4: all a big setup to echo what you just said, right,

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Speaker 4: it's now fun. It's now fun for these guys. They

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Speaker 4: believe they're invested. Hey, look what we're doing. Seven sacks

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Speaker 4: is what we're capable of. And this is fun because

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Speaker 4: now we're now we believe, we believe in what we're doing.

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Speaker 4: We're being celebrated accordingly, and I think coach is right

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Speaker 4: when he says it. And you know, like you just said,

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Speaker 4: it's a good week of practice and these guys.

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Speaker 1: Are having fun.

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Speaker 2: Again.

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Speaker 3: The fact that it did happen on a national stage

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Speaker 3: back to back weeks, the whole nation got to see

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Speaker 3: what this Chargers defense is capable of. Nineteen points total

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Speaker 3: a heck of a test for this Chargers team, which

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Speaker 3: we'll get into in a bit, but Holden Brees Hall,

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Speaker 3: nine times, that's a recipe to win offensively.

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Speaker 2: You mentioned it. The numbers weren't quite there, but you

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Speaker 4: get pushed around. That's not the case a mon Ro's thick.

433
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Speaker 4: He's he's a very strong receiver, so that may not

434
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Speaker 4: work as well, but he's not as athletic. So now

435
00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:15,960
Speaker 4: you've got that's what makes Michael Davis such a great weapon.

436
00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,840
Speaker 4: Is not only you know, is he physical at the

437
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Speaker 4: point of attack, but he's also got four to four speed.

438
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Speaker 4: Oh and by the way, he's six foot one and

439
00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:28,200
Speaker 4: he's got these giant freaking levers that he can use.

440
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Speaker 4: So I think that's probably how I'd approach it is

441
00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:34,720
Speaker 4: a lot of Michael Davis on a Monross Saint Brown,

442
00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:38,680
Speaker 4: a lot of Derwin James on the line of scrimmage,

443
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Speaker 4: and I'd like to see him on Laporta on third downs.

444
00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:46,040
Speaker 4: And you know, this is a sort of an old

445
00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:49,080
Speaker 4: fashioned SEC game. Hey, we know what you're gonna do.

446
00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:51,160
Speaker 4: You know what we're gonna do, And let's see which

447
00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,439
Speaker 4: line wins. You know, does your O line beat our

448
00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:55,679
Speaker 4: D line? Does our O line beat your D line?

449
00:22:56,280 --> 00:23:00,520
Speaker 4: Whichever whichever team comes out ahead. I think in those Catsgies,

450
00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:03,840
Speaker 4: you know, the pass rush and the pass protack is

451
00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:05,960
Speaker 4: probably gonna get out with a win. But it ain't

452
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Speaker 4: gonna be easy. This had top six I think, top

453
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Speaker 4: six defense, top five offense, so it's not going to.

454
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Speaker 2: Be easy money.

455
00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:15,200
Speaker 3: This is the the ultimate measuring stick now for this defense,

456
00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:19,719
Speaker 3: because the Lions offense couldn't be more different than what

457
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Speaker 3: they saw on Monday night. You know, golf is playing.

458
00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:25,520
Speaker 3: Golf is playing among the best in the NFC at

459
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Speaker 3: the quarterback position. You mentioned Amenros Saint Brown. The laporte

460
00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:32,679
Speaker 3: of the rookie has been fantastic. I remember DJ was

461
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Speaker 3: so high on Laporta coming out of the draft, and

462
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Speaker 3: and the Lions echoed that when they selected him in

463
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Speaker 3: the second round.

464
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Speaker 2: Before before Mayor. I believe.

465
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Speaker 3: Yeah, the two headed attack with with Gibbs in Montgomery,

466
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Speaker 3: they got speed and Jamison Williams, Josh Reynolds, a guy

467
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Speaker 3: that that golf had with the Rams. So the offensive

468
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Speaker 3: line compared to the Jets, maybe the best unit in

469
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Speaker 3: the league versus.

470
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Speaker 2: The worst unit in the league.

471
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Speaker 1: Just pulled it up.

472
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Speaker 4: Chris, let me go through it real quick. Here's here's

473
00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:05,480
Speaker 4: what you're talking about with this offensive line. Pinnay sewel

474
00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:10,360
Speaker 4: Right three hundred and twenty three pass block snaps, three

475
00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:13,200
Speaker 4: hundred and twenty three, has allowed seven pressures.

476
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Speaker 2: Justin Heiber benefited from that.

477
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Speaker 1: Organ exactly exactly.

478
00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:21,359
Speaker 4: Frank Ragnow two hundred and eighty four pass snaps, three

479
00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:25,159
Speaker 4: point two percent pressure rate, He's allowed nine pressures. Uh,

480
00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:29,119
Speaker 4: Glasgow has allowed fifteen on two sixty two. Decker has

481
00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:33,240
Speaker 4: allowed fourteen on two forty seven. This a really good offense.

482
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Speaker 4: I mean, their pressure rates are minuscule. It's two point

483
00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:38,440
Speaker 4: two three point twenty five point seven, five point seven,

484
00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:43,320
Speaker 4: seven point four across the board. It's an exceptional offensive line.

485
00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:48,280
Speaker 4: But I think the Chargers have three players that are

486
00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:51,560
Speaker 4: gonna end up at double digit sacks. I fully believe

487
00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,000
Speaker 4: that Tuley is going to end up at ten, and

488
00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:56,959
Speaker 4: obviously with nine already, it feels like Khalil Mack very

489
00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:00,520
Speaker 4: well could get there this week. And Joey at six

490
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Speaker 4: and a half. I'm just how much better he's looked

491
00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,200
Speaker 4: these last two weeks. So when you're talking about three

492
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Speaker 4: guys on the line of scrimmage and we've seen him

493
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Speaker 4: on the line of scrimmage at the same time now

494
00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:13,199
Speaker 4: quite a bit, that to me can overcome that. And

495
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Speaker 4: that's what I'm talking about, Like, that's the strength versus

496
00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,679
Speaker 4: strength and which one of those two units gets out ahead,

497
00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:21,360
Speaker 4: because I think that's going to go a long way

498
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Speaker 4: dictating how this thing turns out.

499
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Speaker 2: It's a Romo nance game, too, right.

500
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Speaker 4: Yeah, they made it the NAT So it's another national

501
00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:32,119
Speaker 4: game basically, if if you know, unless you have a

502
00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:35,360
Speaker 4: unless you have a game in your home market, this

503
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Speaker 4: is going to be the one that's shown to the nation.

504
00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:40,840
Speaker 4: So for the fourth time in five weeks technically six

505
00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:42,440
Speaker 4: because of the bye, but for the fourth time in

506
00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:46,280
Speaker 4: five games, the Chargers are the national game. You know,

507
00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:48,639
Speaker 4: whether it's in primetime or in this case, the Nance

508
00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,879
Speaker 4: Romo game that gets broadcast to the entire nation, unless

509
00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:53,640
Speaker 4: your home market team is playing at the same time,

510
00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:54,520
Speaker 4: which there aren't many.

511
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Speaker 2: So money.

512
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Speaker 3: Offensively, this is where I think the Joshua Palmer injury

513
00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:02,600
Speaker 3: and you know, we don't even talk about this last

514
00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:05,520
Speaker 3: week because it happened late. He was placed on IR

515
00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:07,280
Speaker 3: so he's gonna be going for I think the next

516
00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:13,119
Speaker 3: three games not having him. You know, Quintin and Sauce

517
00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:16,919
Speaker 3: were matched up a bunch last Monday night and he

518
00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:20,560
Speaker 3: only had I think three targets maybe yeah, three to

519
00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,400
Speaker 3: fourteen yards, right.

520
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:24,520
Speaker 1: But he had his best catch of the year.

521
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Speaker 2: Yeah.

522
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Speaker 3: Offensively, it's gonna be have to be different. They're gonna

523
00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:33,600
Speaker 3: have to score some points. Austin Eckler and Joshua Kelly

524
00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:37,320
Speaker 3: are gonna have to run the football effectively, and Justin

525
00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:40,000
Speaker 3: is going to have to put up some points because

526
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Speaker 3: you know the lines will.

527
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Speaker 1: I don't.

528
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Speaker 4: I don't expect coach Day to say this in a

529
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Speaker 4: press conference because why would you give away a game

530
00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:51,880
Speaker 4: plan to an opponent. But man, I just I have

531
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Speaker 4: to believe. I just don't know how you don't watch

532
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Speaker 4: the film the last two weeks. And even though it's

533
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Speaker 4: a total I think it's a total of nine carries,

534
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,760
Speaker 4: how you don't come away with we got to get

535
00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:05,960
Speaker 4: Joshua Kelly the ball more, and we got to we

536
00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:08,240
Speaker 4: got to just get a North South running game going,

537
00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:10,960
Speaker 4: and we have got to get him with the edges,

538
00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:15,479
Speaker 4: the edge, you know, it's the stretch runs. They're just

539
00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,840
Speaker 4: not working. But when Joshua gets the ball and he's

540
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,639
Speaker 4: running in the air the b gap, it works. It

541
00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,879
Speaker 4: works for four to six yards every time. And I

542
00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:29,600
Speaker 4: just feel like, with how unsuccessful the running game has been,

543
00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:32,720
Speaker 4: why not give that a go. Why not give that

544
00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:37,720
Speaker 4: the fifteen carries and give Austin the six because Austin's

545
00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:40,560
Speaker 4: going to get the ten targets and make that part

546
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:44,800
Speaker 4: do the do the Tony Pollard, Zeke Elliott approach. Have

547
00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:48,640
Speaker 4: them both out there, have them, you know, on each

548
00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:52,119
Speaker 4: side of Herbert. And then next thing you know, Austin's

549
00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,080
Speaker 4: in motion out to the slot to one of these sides,

550
00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:59,480
Speaker 4: and let a linebacker try to match up with him,

551
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,239
Speaker 4: you know, and then the defense has got to figure out,

552
00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:03,720
Speaker 4: all right, just have ass is it a run? What

553
00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:04,240
Speaker 4: are they doing?

554
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:04,639
Speaker 1: You know?

555
00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:08,240
Speaker 4: Or keep them both back there. And now Austin's just

556
00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:10,240
Speaker 4: kind of floating into the flat on a smoke route

557
00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:12,800
Speaker 4: and maybe it's a delayed handoff. I like, I just

558
00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:15,159
Speaker 4: feel like there's more they can do with Joshua Kelly

559
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,840
Speaker 4: because he's been rushing for six six and a half

560
00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:22,159
Speaker 4: yards per carry these last couple games, and Austin's rushing

561
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Speaker 4: and it's nothing against Austin, Like it's the whole operation.

562
00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,280
Speaker 4: They're getting no push. The old line is getting almost

563
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,960
Speaker 4: no push in the run game right now. So to me, it's,

564
00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:34,480
Speaker 4: you know, it's the old music business thing that we

565
00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,720
Speaker 4: used to say when you know, our bands would play

566
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:38,920
Speaker 4: these these radio shows.

567
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:40,520
Speaker 1: It's like, hey, you know what, just play the hits.

568
00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:43,240
Speaker 4: I know, I know you want to let them know

569
00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:46,080
Speaker 4: how dynamic and creative you are, and you've got this

570
00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:47,120
Speaker 4: really good song.

571
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,080
Speaker 1: That you love, But just play the hits. That's that's

572
00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:50,920
Speaker 1: what the people want to hear.

573
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Speaker 4: If that's how you'll be successful, go in there, play

574
00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:56,600
Speaker 4: your three hits, high five everyone, get out, and let's

575
00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:58,479
Speaker 4: sell a couple hundred thousand records. And like that to

576
00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,719
Speaker 4: me is right now in the running game. Those are

577
00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:05,800
Speaker 4: the hits between the tackles. Don't be looking for fifteen

578
00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:09,680
Speaker 4: and twenty. Let's look for five. Let's look for five yards,

579
00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:14,080
Speaker 4: not zero, not second and nine, not third, you know,

580
00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:17,200
Speaker 4: not a first down run. And now it's second and twelve.

581
00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:20,840
Speaker 4: Like to me, that's the one thing I wouldn't mind

582
00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:24,080
Speaker 4: seeing more of against the Lions because you got to

583
00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:26,440
Speaker 4: get these guys on their heels. Aiden Hutchinson's two good.

584
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,800
Speaker 4: I mean, his pressure rates at seventeen percent, his win

585
00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:33,520
Speaker 4: percentages at twenty. The guy's got fifty two pressures.

586
00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:34,680
Speaker 1: Fifty two.

587
00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:39,080
Speaker 4: Like, let me just try to put that in context

588
00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:43,120
Speaker 4: at how dominant the Chargers pass rush has been this season.

589
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:50,320
Speaker 4: So let's go total pressures. Aiden's got fifty two. Next

590
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:55,200
Speaker 4: best between these two teams Khalil Mack at forty, Okay

591
00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:58,800
Speaker 4: Twu Lee at thirty, Joey Bosa at twenty five. Now,

592
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:01,320
Speaker 4: Joey's missed a couple games. I mean, Aiden's had three

593
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:04,400
Speaker 4: hundred and six pass rushes compared to just two thirteen

594
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:05,880
Speaker 4: for Twu Lee. So take that with a grain of salt.

595
00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:08,600
Speaker 4: But I'm talking about let's just go by win percentage, right,

596
00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:12,880
Speaker 4: so you're not talking about totals win percentage Joey Bosa

597
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:16,080
Speaker 4: sixteen point two percent, Tully twelve point two percent, Khalil

598
00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:21,960
Speaker 4: Mack seventeen percent, Aiden Hutchinson twenty percent. So to put, yeah,

599
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:25,080
Speaker 4: that's how dominant of a pass rusher. They're facing someone

600
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Speaker 4: that's had a better season than Khalil, Joey or Tuley,

601
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Speaker 4: and that's what they'll have to contend with.

602
00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:36,720
Speaker 3: I agree with you in terms of getting Kelly the handoffs. Yeah,

603
00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:39,960
Speaker 3: I don't look at Austin. You look at in touches

604
00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:43,400
Speaker 3: right in a couple of weeks ago, effective seven for

605
00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:48,120
Speaker 3: ninety four through the air. Uh, Joshua, get him the ball,

606
00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:51,240
Speaker 3: make it the one a one to two punch, and

607
00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:55,959
Speaker 3: let Austin be an effective pass catcher. Now.

608
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Speaker 2: I think he had a couple of drops on Monday night,

609
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Speaker 2: but you never see that.

610
00:30:58,880 --> 00:30:59,360
Speaker 1: It was weird.

611
00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:03,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, right, it was uncharacteristic of number thirty.

612
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:06,240
Speaker 3: But I'm with you. Get Joshua Kelly the ball. He

613
00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,880
Speaker 3: had that big forty nine yard touchdown against the Chiefs.

614
00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:11,200
Speaker 3: You only gave it to him three times on Monday night.

615
00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:13,080
Speaker 2: So I think that.

616
00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:17,040
Speaker 3: That's as they try to continue to figure out this

617
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:20,040
Speaker 3: offense with guys going down man like all right, Mike

618
00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:22,959
Speaker 3: goes down, So Joshua Palmer, let's elevate him, get him

619
00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:23,520
Speaker 3: more involved.

620
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:24,640
Speaker 2: Josh goes down.

621
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Speaker 3: It was hard to kind of distinck what was going

622
00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,960
Speaker 3: on Monday night because the Jets defense has been so dominant.

623
00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:33,360
Speaker 2: But now you kind of have to pivot again.

624
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,320
Speaker 3: And I'm with you, play the hits, but maybe you

625
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:38,080
Speaker 3: find a new release in one of the tight ends

626
00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:43,000
Speaker 3: or somebody that can match the firepower that the Lions have.

627
00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:46,239
Speaker 3: And I think to your point, money having a one

628
00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:49,120
Speaker 3: to two punch in the running game, similar to a

629
00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:53,400
Speaker 3: Montgomery Gibbs, could be something that the Chargers look to

630
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:57,680
Speaker 3: as we get into games against the Lions, the Packers,

631
00:31:57,720 --> 00:31:59,440
Speaker 3: and then of course that huge Sunny night game against

632
00:31:59,440 --> 00:31:59,920
Speaker 3: the Ravens.

633
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:03,680
Speaker 4: They're gonna have to score points, that's the thing. This

634
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:06,280
Speaker 4: isn't the Jets, you know, So they're gonna have to

635
00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:10,240
Speaker 4: score points. And remember, you know they did it against

636
00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,720
Speaker 4: the Bears. They did it with ease against the Bears.

637
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:15,080
Speaker 4: The Bears defense is not the Lions defense, that's for sure.

638
00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:18,720
Speaker 4: But I'm saying it's I think because of our recency bias,

639
00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:22,720
Speaker 4: is the Jets game, Like, let's not forget this team

640
00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:24,360
Speaker 4: put up seventeen in the first half.

641
00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:25,000
Speaker 1: Against the Chiefs.

642
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:28,400
Speaker 4: Whatever unraveled in the second half, don't know, but we

643
00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:30,080
Speaker 4: know they can do it because they did it with

644
00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:33,680
Speaker 4: explosives in that first half against the Chiefs. They did

645
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:36,040
Speaker 4: it against the Bears. It was an Austin Eckler game, right,

646
00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:39,040
Speaker 4: and in the passing attack they you know, and they

647
00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:41,800
Speaker 4: did it enough against the Jets. But they put up

648
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:43,840
Speaker 4: you know, they put up over thirty against the Dolphins,

649
00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:46,760
Speaker 4: like that's I think what people. They put up twenty

650
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,240
Speaker 4: four and a half against the Raiders. The offense is

651
00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:52,040
Speaker 4: still good. The offense still has Justin Herbert, it still

652
00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:53,040
Speaker 4: has Austin Eckler.

653
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,000
Speaker 1: You know, I wish I could.

654
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:58,200
Speaker 4: I wish I had some you know, the old I'm

655
00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:00,680
Speaker 4: gonna give a dated reference. I wish, you know, inner space,

656
00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:02,680
Speaker 4: I could go inside the brain of Rashaan Slater to

657
00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:05,120
Speaker 4: figure out how hurt is he. Because he's such a warrior,

658
00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,480
Speaker 4: he'll never let you know, you know, every time we

659
00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:09,880
Speaker 4: see him, he's like, oh, dude, I'm good. He's never

660
00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:12,160
Speaker 4: going to make an excuse, but clearly he's not right.

661
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,360
Speaker 4: I just would love to know what percentage not right

662
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:17,720
Speaker 4: he is because it is not. It just hasn't looked

663
00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:23,360
Speaker 4: the same since the Raider game. So you know they're

664
00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:25,840
Speaker 4: going to have to figure it out. And you know

665
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:29,720
Speaker 4: you brought up to that catch he made is the

666
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:32,800
Speaker 4: best catch I've seen him make all season. The catch

667
00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:35,160
Speaker 4: he made for the first down when he went up,

668
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:37,960
Speaker 4: it's the first time that I've just seen him get

669
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,520
Speaker 4: his hands in front of him and snatch the ball

670
00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:43,840
Speaker 4: and use that big body of his to block off

671
00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:47,560
Speaker 4: his defender, got perfect position, snatched the ball and then

672
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,840
Speaker 4: pushed his body forward for the first down because he

673
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:52,600
Speaker 4: was catching it right at the sticks. It was just

674
00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:57,400
Speaker 4: such a great rep for him. It was where the sticks. Okay,

675
00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:00,000
Speaker 4: now I'm going to get my break ball is already

676
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:03,200
Speaker 4: been released. Locate the ball, get my hands out there,

677
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:05,640
Speaker 4: snatch it, secure it to my body, and now let

678
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:09,719
Speaker 4: me use my physicality to push forward to make sure

679
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:11,239
Speaker 4: we get the first down. I thought it was a

680
00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:14,759
Speaker 4: to me, like there was the back shoulder throw for

681
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:17,200
Speaker 4: the first down two games to go against the Bears.

682
00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:18,399
Speaker 1: That was this was it?

683
00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:22,640
Speaker 4: Like, go back and watch that that catch people, because

684
00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:24,160
Speaker 4: it was impressive, and I think when you just get

685
00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:26,719
Speaker 4: a little flash like that it's all you need to see.

686
00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:28,880
Speaker 4: That's how you build trust. Like oh, okay, that was

687
00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:31,520
Speaker 4: a third down that was critical catch. I zipped it

688
00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:34,279
Speaker 4: in there and he snat, didn't bobble it, he didn't gather.

689
00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:36,640
Speaker 4: He ran the exact art he was supposed to do.

690
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:39,880
Speaker 4: The timing was perfect, and he used his physicality to

691
00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:41,880
Speaker 4: get that that first down. I think that goes a

692
00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:45,399
Speaker 4: long way. I really do with this relationship. And look,

693
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:48,840
Speaker 4: it has to. They're gonna need it. They're gonna need Quinton,

694
00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:52,240
Speaker 4: They're gonna need Gerald Everett, They're gonna need Donald Parhum

695
00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:55,759
Speaker 4: because there is there's no Mike Williams and now there's

696
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,080
Speaker 4: no Josh Palmer for the next four weeks, you know,

697
00:34:58,120 --> 00:34:59,719
Speaker 4: and no Mike Williams for the rest of the year.

698
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 4: So I know Jalen Guiden was out there, you know,

699
00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:04,880
Speaker 4: maybe just had to shake off the rust in that

700
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:07,279
Speaker 4: Jet game and now out Yeah, it was great to

701
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:10,160
Speaker 4: see him out there. But you know, those guys are

702
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:14,480
Speaker 4: gonna have to do something, and more than something, they're

703
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:15,120
Speaker 4: gonna have to do a.

704
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:19,719
Speaker 3: Lot, specifically money in the second half of games, because

705
00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:21,920
Speaker 3: we've seen them kind of sputter out in the second

706
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:25,640
Speaker 3: half and It was similar on Monday night. They only

707
00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:27,520
Speaker 3: scored that touchdown at the end of the fourth quarter,

708
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:31,000
Speaker 3: I think because of a turnover courtesy of the defense.

709
00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:34,560
Speaker 3: So if you're gonna score with the Lions, you're gonna

710
00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:36,600
Speaker 3: have to do it for all four quarters. And I

711
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:38,759
Speaker 3: think that's one of the I think the keys to

712
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:42,840
Speaker 3: the game is to have a consistent four quarters of offense,

713
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,680
Speaker 3: not you know, seventeen points in the first half and

714
00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:48,919
Speaker 3: then uh oh uh, we didn't figure it out again

715
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:52,040
Speaker 3: in the second half. Like the second half offense in

716
00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:55,160
Speaker 3: whatever combination that they need to use and whoever they

717
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:58,480
Speaker 3: need to feature, they're gonna have to score points in

718
00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:00,279
Speaker 3: the fourth quarter to beat the Lions.

719
00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:01,040
Speaker 1: No doubt.

720
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:04,320
Speaker 4: And that's something that's plagued them. You know, the second

721
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:07,080
Speaker 4: half scoring. You've got to make it. And to me, Chris,

722
00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:09,239
Speaker 4: that's such a big part of just the running game, right,

723
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:12,040
Speaker 4: Like they're trying, they have these leads and they're trying,

724
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:14,719
Speaker 4: they're you know, they're trying to run the ball, and

725
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:18,920
Speaker 4: that's what's leading to the to the failures on offense

726
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:21,600
Speaker 4: in the second half. You know, first half, it's all gas,

727
00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:24,320
Speaker 4: let's let's gass it up. Man let's get some points

728
00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:25,960
Speaker 4: on the board, Let's see if we can get a lead.

729
00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:28,400
Speaker 4: Let's allow our defense to pin their ears back and

730
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:32,480
Speaker 4: get after an offense in known passing situations. And then

731
00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:35,760
Speaker 4: the second half, you know, against the Bears, against the Raiders,

732
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:40,000
Speaker 4: they're trying to run a four minute offense, to which

733
00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:42,839
Speaker 4: I would say, run your four minute offense when there's

734
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:46,120
Speaker 4: four minutes on the clock. Until then, you know, just

735
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:49,560
Speaker 4: keep playing, just keep doing, keep doing what you're doing

736
00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:54,759
Speaker 4: instead of trying to make it happen. I just wanted

737
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 4: to pull up the catch again too, to remind myself

738
00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:02,080
Speaker 4: to make sure I had it right, because it might

739
00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:06,400
Speaker 4: not have been the third and nine for Quintin. It

740
00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:11,200
Speaker 4: very well could have been the Maybe it was this one,

741
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:14,960
Speaker 4: that's it. It was a second and six, So it's

742
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:20,200
Speaker 4: a second and six and they're up seven nothing, and Quentin,

743
00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:22,839
Speaker 4: it's just I would love if you people can find it.

744
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:26,400
Speaker 4: It's uh three point fifty two left in the first quarter,

745
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:30,960
Speaker 4: so it's early. They're already up seven nothing, right, and

746
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:34,319
Speaker 4: and Quinton just he's in pressed there. You know, it's

747
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:37,479
Speaker 4: press coverage. He breaks his guy off with a double move,

748
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:43,320
Speaker 4: comes back to the ball, snatches it and it's it's

749
00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:45,960
Speaker 4: I want to just address it because it's a nothing play,

750
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:49,040
Speaker 4: like there was nothing special about it. But man, when

751
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:52,800
Speaker 4: you watch it, you can just kind of see like, Okay,

752
00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 4: that's that's what we're looking for. He's not he's not

753
00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:58,880
Speaker 4: a guy that you want running the nine routes and

754
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:01,920
Speaker 4: the goes like this is what he does, Like get

755
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:05,040
Speaker 4: him in the phone booth and allow him to use

756
00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:07,920
Speaker 4: that physicality. I'm watching it again. He comes back, jumps

757
00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:13,319
Speaker 4: snatches and just go back, you know, check it out.

758
00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:16,040
Speaker 4: Like to me, there's something there and I just feel

759
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:18,880
Speaker 4: like maybe I'm trying to manifest something I don't know,

760
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:21,759
Speaker 4: but it like, hey, maybe you saw it. This is

761
00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:26,719
Speaker 4: the step, this is where it goes. So we'll see

762
00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:30,120
Speaker 4: because like I said, it's it has to happen. There's

763
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:30,960
Speaker 4: there's no choice.

764
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:31,120
Speaker 1: Now.

765
00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:32,600
Speaker 4: It's one thing when Mike goes down and you got

766
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:35,440
Speaker 4: Josh Palmer, who's a legit number two receiver to Keenan Allen.

767
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:37,600
Speaker 4: When Josh Palmer comes down, okay, well now you're the

768
00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:40,480
Speaker 4: number two. You have got to go out there. You're

769
00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:42,440
Speaker 4: gonna get ten targets or you know you're gonna get

770
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:45,000
Speaker 4: at least eight targets. You got to catch six of them,

771
00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:47,239
Speaker 4: and four of them are gonna be on third down

772
00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:49,200
Speaker 4: to extend drives money.

773
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:50,800
Speaker 2: I've used this as example before.

774
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,480
Speaker 3: I just go back to twenty eighteen, that rookie class,

775
00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:57,480
Speaker 3: and sometimes you just you don't know when you're gonna

776
00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:00,279
Speaker 3: have to rely upon a rookie to contribute help you

777
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:03,440
Speaker 3: win games. And that twenty eighteen season, you know, Derwin

778
00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:06,200
Speaker 3: James was an All Pro his his rookie year. So

779
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:10,120
Speaker 3: that's that's your first round pick. Uh Chenna what he

780
00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:13,000
Speaker 3: did in that Baltimore Wildcard game. I remember Justin Jackson

781
00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:18,239
Speaker 3: in Pittsburgh. Justin Jones started that that Baltimore game. So

782
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:21,799
Speaker 3: you've got contributions from your rookies at different parts of

783
00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:25,160
Speaker 3: the season. And to see what Darius Davis did to

784
00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:27,200
Speaker 3: help you win that game. To see what Tooley's done

785
00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:31,040
Speaker 3: for a large part of this season. Now, if we

786
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:34,320
Speaker 3: can get Quinton Roland at some point, this would be

787
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:37,239
Speaker 3: a nice start on Sunday with Palmer down against the

788
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:39,640
Speaker 3: Lions team you're gonna have to score against, and then

789
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,320
Speaker 3: let's get let's get Henley some more snaps because I

790
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:45,720
Speaker 3: tell you what once dayon gets rolling.

791
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:47,480
Speaker 2: I guarantee it'd be tough to take him out of

792
00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:47,920
Speaker 2: the lineup.

793
00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:51,719
Speaker 4: You can see it. It's now been two games where

794
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:53,879
Speaker 4: he's played. You want to know why they didn't score

795
00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:56,160
Speaker 4: a touchdown at the end of that game. That's a

796
00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:58,440
Speaker 4: big part of it right there. Dyon Henley is a

797
00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:02,200
Speaker 4: big part of it right there, you know. And there's

798
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:03,920
Speaker 4: a reason why they ended up with eight sacks and

799
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:07,600
Speaker 4: not seven because Dayon was chasing down Zach Wilson and

800
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:10,160
Speaker 4: essentially said you want some of this, old man, and

801
00:40:10,239 --> 00:40:13,480
Speaker 4: Zack Wilson said nope and stepped out of bounds and

802
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:16,959
Speaker 4: took the sack. And that's it's just a different level

803
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:20,440
Speaker 4: of athleticism that he provides. And I think against an

804
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:24,120
Speaker 4: explosive offense like the Lions, I'll be interested to see,

805
00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:28,040
Speaker 4: you know how, especially on third down, you know, with

806
00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:30,759
Speaker 4: with all the options they have, all the weapons they have,

807
00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:33,680
Speaker 4: how Coach Staley wants to play it. And if you

808
00:40:33,719 --> 00:40:37,839
Speaker 4: could see Dayon maybe coming on for e K and

809
00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:41,440
Speaker 4: in those third down obvious passing situations, you know, I could,

810
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:44,080
Speaker 4: I could. I think you could make a case for it,

811
00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:47,200
Speaker 4: you know, based on what he's what he's shown so far,

812
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:50,040
Speaker 4: just how much faster he looks and how physical he

813
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:52,640
Speaker 4: is when he's on the field. So and I think

814
00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:54,800
Speaker 4: a lot of that just comes down to trust. Trust

815
00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:56,120
Speaker 4: that he's going to be in the right place, that

816
00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:58,840
Speaker 4: he knows the calls, that he knows his assignments. You know,

817
00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:01,799
Speaker 4: it's a complicated defense, and hopefully that trust is there

818
00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:04,359
Speaker 4: because certainly the ability is there.

819
00:41:05,719 --> 00:41:06,000
Speaker 2: Money.

820
00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:10,680
Speaker 3: Let's close on this. I'm looking at the AFC standings.

821
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:16,200
Speaker 3: Thirteen teams. Thirteen teams have four wins, the three that

822
00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:20,279
Speaker 3: don't Tennessee who the Charges lost to Denver who has

823
00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:22,160
Speaker 3: come on as of late in New England, who the

824
00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:22,880
Speaker 3: Chargers will.

825
00:41:22,719 --> 00:41:26,240
Speaker 2: Face next month to and seven.

826
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:29,640
Speaker 3: I'm looking at the teams that they have to play.

827
00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:32,040
Speaker 3: So Baltimore in a couple of weeks, they're seven and two.

828
00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:36,319
Speaker 3: They're looking good right now. In the North Buffalo later

829
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:38,200
Speaker 3: in December, that's going to be a huge game, they're

830
00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:41,360
Speaker 3: five and four the time getting the tie breaker against

831
00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:44,480
Speaker 3: the Jets. Now, somebody mentioned to us that, hey, you

832
00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:47,680
Speaker 3: remember in twenty seventeen where they beat the Bills fifty

833
00:41:47,719 --> 00:41:49,760
Speaker 3: four to twenty four and they didn't get.

834
00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:51,759
Speaker 2: The head to head. There was some weird like three

835
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:53,200
Speaker 2: way tie stuff going on there.

836
00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:55,040
Speaker 1: So in large it was conference games.

837
00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:58,400
Speaker 3: Yeah, it was conference games. So in large part, the

838
00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:00,320
Speaker 3: head to head is all you need. But sometimes times

839
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:04,080
Speaker 3: when there are like three way ties and four way

840
00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:09,000
Speaker 3: ties conference games. So you know, Vegas is smoking cigars

841
00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:13,120
Speaker 3: after beating the New York Giants and Tommy DeVito, do

842
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:13,640
Speaker 3: they have a.

843
00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:14,160
Speaker 2: Run in them.

844
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:16,320
Speaker 3: I'm just saying, like, it's gonna be a fun second

845
00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:18,640
Speaker 3: half of the year when you look at the AFC

846
00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:21,799
Speaker 3: and see that there are thirteen teams right now kind

847
00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:24,319
Speaker 3: of vying for those those three wild card spots and

848
00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:26,200
Speaker 3: obviously the four division winners.

849
00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:29,399
Speaker 4: You know they have two tough games in the next

850
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:31,880
Speaker 4: three weeks, right so, and look, you have to go

851
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:33,680
Speaker 4: on the road to Green Bay. By no means is

852
00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:35,799
Speaker 4: that an easy trip or an easy win. There are

853
00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:38,479
Speaker 4: no easy wins. But you know, this is a team

854
00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:41,279
Speaker 4: that was zero and two, two and two, two and four,

855
00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:43,680
Speaker 4: four and four. I'm not saying they're going to alternate

856
00:42:43,719 --> 00:42:46,799
Speaker 4: two game win streaks and losing streaks and finish nine

857
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:50,359
Speaker 4: and eight or eight and nine, but you know, this

858
00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:53,200
Speaker 4: is a team that believes in itself right now and

859
00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:56,520
Speaker 4: in order to carry you know to carry that, you

860
00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:58,680
Speaker 4: know what the national narrative is, and it's.

861
00:42:58,560 --> 00:42:59,680
Speaker 1: Fair because it's true.

862
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:03,600
Speaker 4: You know, the team was, you know, prior to last week,

863
00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:06,320
Speaker 4: you know, and now the Jets are four and four,

864
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:08,560
Speaker 4: So I don't know if that counts as a team

865
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:10,880
Speaker 4: within winning record anymore, but you played them when they

866
00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:12,439
Speaker 4: had it, So let's just say they were a team

867
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:14,960
Speaker 4: with a winning record. Going back to the start of

868
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:18,200
Speaker 4: twenty twenty two, the Chargers are now two and nine

869
00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:21,680
Speaker 4: against teams with winning records in the regular season, two

870
00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:27,240
Speaker 4: and nine. So just bust that narrative, you know, bust

871
00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:30,320
Speaker 4: that conversation and get it to stop by beating the Lions,

872
00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:34,359
Speaker 4: beating the Packers and getting ready for a Baltimore team

873
00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:35,640
Speaker 4: that a lot of people think is the best in

874
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:41,640
Speaker 4: football right now. So they still have tough games Lions, Baltimore, Chiefs, Bills,

875
00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:44,000
Speaker 4: you know, and they also have some games that you

876
00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:48,439
Speaker 4: feel like should lean in their favor Patriots, Packers two

877
00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:49,160
Speaker 4: against Denver.

878
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:52,960
Speaker 2: Raiders always split against Denver. Two, They always split against Denver.

879
00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:55,440
Speaker 4: That's yeah, this is the year they can't split against Denver.

880
00:43:55,560 --> 00:43:57,799
Speaker 4: This is the year they got to sweep Denver. So

881
00:43:58,480 --> 00:44:01,520
Speaker 4: and it's not easy. It's tough to play. You know,

882
00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:03,680
Speaker 4: Sean Payton's as much as I don't like saying it,

883
00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:06,240
Speaker 4: he's a good coach. And you know, maybe they figured

884
00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:09,040
Speaker 4: some stuff out. They weather the storm early. We'll see,

885
00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:11,279
Speaker 4: you know's what's the schedule this week? What do we

886
00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:14,920
Speaker 4: got as a as we look around? Because look the AFC.

887
00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:19,040
Speaker 4: So you got the Bengals and Texans, right, So yeah,

888
00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:22,319
Speaker 4: so Bengals Texans. Yeah, I'm just saying, like, look at

889
00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:25,319
Speaker 4: the lost column. You know, one of those teams is

890
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:27,279
Speaker 4: gonna you know, the Bengals are either going to be

891
00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:29,799
Speaker 4: five and four and so are the Texans, or the

892
00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:32,359
Speaker 4: Texans are going to be four and five. You know,

893
00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:34,080
Speaker 4: the Jags have to play the forty nine ers. The

894
00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:36,360
Speaker 4: Browns and Ravens are playing each other, so now the

895
00:44:36,440 --> 00:44:38,200
Speaker 4: Ravens are either seven and three or the Browns are

896
00:44:38,200 --> 00:44:41,839
Speaker 4: five and four. You know, the the Jets and Raiders

897
00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:44,880
Speaker 4: are playing each other. So one of those teams is

898
00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:47,399
Speaker 4: going to be incredibly disappointed. The Jets after winning three

899
00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:49,480
Speaker 4: in a row, maybe on a two game losing streak,

900
00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:52,120
Speaker 4: or the Raiders, you know, get their pop from the

901
00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:55,120
Speaker 4: interim head coach. You know that's got all the juice

902
00:44:55,120 --> 00:44:57,319
Speaker 4: and energy and everybody's feeling good, and you know how

903
00:44:57,320 --> 00:44:59,480
Speaker 4: that works. It always happens where they get that first win.

904
00:44:59,520 --> 00:45:01,200
Speaker 4: It seems like with the interim head coach, well can

905
00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:03,480
Speaker 4: he do what rich Pasaca did, and that's carry this

906
00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:07,680
Speaker 4: and stack some wins there in Las Vegas. And then

907
00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:10,160
Speaker 4: you have the Broncos and Bills on Monday Night and

908
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:13,319
Speaker 4: there's so many people pointing to the Bills and saying, hey,

909
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:17,200
Speaker 4: that's Pi. I'm Darren Waller. That should have been a loss.

910
00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:20,440
Speaker 4: You know, that's in the end zone, assuming the Giants

911
00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:21,800
Speaker 4: score from the one, and who knows if they do,

912
00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:23,560
Speaker 4: but you know what I'm saying. And then hey, Chris Godwin,

913
00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:25,439
Speaker 4: locate the ball, You're wide open. You win that game

914
00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:27,759
Speaker 4: on a hail Mary. So it's like the Bills. There's

915
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:32,120
Speaker 4: a lot of detractors there as well. So every team

916
00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:35,000
Speaker 4: has flaws. To me, there are no dominant teams this

917
00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:40,080
Speaker 4: year in the NFL, in the AFC, like, everybody's got issues.

918
00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:42,399
Speaker 4: You know, as good as the Ravens are, as good

919
00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:44,239
Speaker 4: as the Chiefs are, I think you feel like, okay,

920
00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:48,200
Speaker 4: they're beatable. I think they're beatable. So see if we

921
00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:50,640
Speaker 4: can finally get some help. Has it really come? You know,

922
00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:53,880
Speaker 4: the AFC has played the NFC like entirely, and the

923
00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:57,440
Speaker 4: AFC has swept the NFC on what seems like multiple

924
00:45:57,480 --> 00:45:59,440
Speaker 4: occasions this season. So let's see if the Packers can

925
00:45:59,520 --> 00:46:01,799
Speaker 4: knock off this Steelers, you know, if the forty nine

926
00:46:01,880 --> 00:46:04,960
Speaker 4: ers can knock off the Jaguars and get some of

927
00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:08,000
Speaker 4: these NFC teams to get some action against against the AFC.

928
00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:09,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, the.

929
00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:11,440
Speaker 3: Jets game was big, not only for the head to

930
00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:13,200
Speaker 3: head but just the conference. You know, you don't want

931
00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:15,280
Speaker 3: to go one in four in your conference because you're

932
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:18,800
Speaker 3: not winning any tiebreaker when it comes down to week eighteen,

933
00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:21,759
Speaker 3: two and three in the conference. Now, an NFC team

934
00:46:21,840 --> 00:46:25,680
Speaker 3: comes into town, You play two NFC teams in consecutive weeks,

935
00:46:26,280 --> 00:46:27,359
Speaker 3: and then that Baltimore game.

936
00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:27,640
Speaker 2: Money.

937
00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:31,160
Speaker 3: I think Baltimore is probably playing better than anybody in

938
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:32,600
Speaker 3: football right now, but I think.

939
00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:36,080
Speaker 2: AFC North is so tight.

940
00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:39,040
Speaker 3: I look at Cincinnati right now, I feel like they're

941
00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:41,480
Speaker 3: about to go on a run and they could still

942
00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:45,120
Speaker 3: snag the North, which means a head to head against

943
00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:48,040
Speaker 3: the Ravens would go a long way too, if it

944
00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:49,480
Speaker 3: ever came down to that so.

945
00:46:50,160 --> 00:46:55,799
Speaker 4: Like, here's the thing. So the Bengals still have Baltimore, Pittsburgh,

946
00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:59,759
Speaker 4: and Cleveland one more time, right, so they've got three

947
00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:05,280
Speaker 4: conference three division games left. The Browns still have Steelers once,

948
00:47:06,680 --> 00:47:11,319
Speaker 4: Bengals once, and I think that's it. Yeah, so that's it.

949
00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:14,799
Speaker 4: So they only have two more division games. Uh, and

950
00:47:14,840 --> 00:47:18,160
Speaker 4: then the Ravens if I if I riot, I think

951
00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:26,000
Speaker 4: they have four. The Ravens have yeah, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Uh, Pittsburgh,

952
00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:29,800
Speaker 4: so they have they have three as well, So those

953
00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:33,919
Speaker 4: and then Pittsburgh. Yeah, so they've got they've got yeah,

954
00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:38,040
Speaker 4: they got three. So those teams that that's gonna that,

955
00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:40,440
Speaker 4: that's gonna they're gonna knock each other out, like you know,

956
00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:46,240
Speaker 4: they're one of those teams, if not two are going

957
00:47:46,320 --> 00:47:49,480
Speaker 4: to are are gonna have issues because of all these

958
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:52,920
Speaker 4: head to heads. So you know, I can't see Baltimore

959
00:47:52,920 --> 00:47:56,800
Speaker 4: sweeping Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and you feel the same way,

960
00:47:57,360 --> 00:47:59,080
Speaker 4: you know about the others. So it'll be interesting to

961
00:47:59,120 --> 00:48:02,040
Speaker 4: see how how that all shakes out. But I'm with you.

962
00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:05,880
Speaker 4: Joe Burrow and the Bengals went one in three in

963
00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:07,640
Speaker 4: the first four weeks of the season because he was

964
00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:10,719
Speaker 4: on one leg you know, and now he's not. And

965
00:48:10,760 --> 00:48:14,080
Speaker 4: look what they're doing. I mean they hammered the forty

966
00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:16,160
Speaker 4: nine ers and when they needed it, they got it,

967
00:48:16,280 --> 00:48:17,600
Speaker 4: you know, against the Bills.

968
00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:23,239
Speaker 3: So that's the AFC north of it ended today all

969
00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:25,680
Speaker 3: four teams would be in but you just mentioned it.

970
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:29,040
Speaker 3: They're gonna start beating each other up right now. Buffalo

971
00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:33,000
Speaker 3: is on the outside looking in Houston and then the Chargers,

972
00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:36,080
Speaker 3: so you know those three teams, you know it is

973
00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:38,719
Speaker 3: Buffalo gonna take a step back this year.

974
00:48:38,760 --> 00:48:40,839
Speaker 2: They still have. They have some tough games coming up too.

975
00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:43,399
Speaker 2: By the way, if they do schedule now the.

976
00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:48,240
Speaker 3: Then Houston, very young team, I think I've already exceeded expectations.

977
00:48:48,880 --> 00:48:50,880
Speaker 2: We'll see if they can sustain it. A. CJ. Stroud

978
00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:53,960
Speaker 2: Rancho Cucamonga's finest.

979
00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:58,760
Speaker 3: Is having an unbelievable great unbelievable and then the Chargers

980
00:48:58,800 --> 00:49:01,680
Speaker 3: four and four right above the Jets who they beat.

981
00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:04,719
Speaker 3: So Charges right in the middle of this thing and

982
00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:08,840
Speaker 3: it'll start Sunday. In terms of getting over five hundred

983
00:49:08,840 --> 00:49:11,239
Speaker 3: money anything else from this Lins game, you want to

984
00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:12,399
Speaker 3: hit them before we get out here.

985
00:49:13,040 --> 00:49:13,960
Speaker 1: No, I think we hit it all.

986
00:49:14,239 --> 00:49:17,359
Speaker 4: I really do you know? It's gonna be a tough game. Well,

987
00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:19,560
Speaker 4: I'll add this, if you're going to the game, you're

988
00:49:19,600 --> 00:49:21,040
Speaker 4: probably going to be in for a treat. I was

989
00:49:21,080 --> 00:49:24,239
Speaker 4: talking to someone from the Chargers and they said that

990
00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:29,560
Speaker 4: demand for this game is higher than the Cowboys Monday

991
00:49:29,640 --> 00:49:33,359
Speaker 4: night football game. That that's how hot this ticket is.

992
00:49:33,480 --> 00:49:36,520
Speaker 4: Because hey, if you're in Detroit, why wouldn't you want

993
00:49:36,560 --> 00:49:39,080
Speaker 4: to come to Los Angeles? Your team hasn't been good

994
00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:43,400
Speaker 4: in two decades and you get to get out of Detroit,

995
00:49:43,440 --> 00:49:46,200
Speaker 4: Michigan and go to LA. So demand's going to be there,

996
00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:49,400
Speaker 4: Charger fans, you've got you know, you're back to that

997
00:49:49,600 --> 00:49:53,040
Speaker 4: Sunday late window, which everybody likes, you know, not that

998
00:49:53,080 --> 00:49:55,040
Speaker 4: they don't like primetime, but it makes it a little

999
00:49:55,040 --> 00:49:57,319
Speaker 4: bit more challenging because of work and things like that,

1000
00:49:57,920 --> 00:50:01,320
Speaker 4: you know in school. But I it's gonna be packed,

1001
00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:05,319
Speaker 4: it's gonna be high energy, it's gonna be electric, and

1002
00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:08,080
Speaker 4: it's gonna feel like a playoff game, which is essentially

1003
00:50:08,120 --> 00:50:09,840
Speaker 4: what they have the remainder of the way. You know,

1004
00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:11,000
Speaker 4: a bunch of playoff games.

1005
00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:12,799
Speaker 2: That's right.

1006
00:50:13,440 --> 00:50:17,239
Speaker 3: Romo Nance on the call on television if you want

1007
00:50:17,239 --> 00:50:18,919
Speaker 3: to turn them down and put on money and DJ

1008
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:20,600
Speaker 3: though wouldn't be mad at all.

1009
00:50:20,880 --> 00:50:23,719
Speaker 1: You know, we appreciate that.

1010
00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:26,600
Speaker 2: All right, guys, that's gonna do it for us.

1011
00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:30,080
Speaker 3: We'll be back next week as the charges geting ready

1012
00:50:30,080 --> 00:50:30,680
Speaker 3: for the packers.

1013
00:50:30,680 --> 00:50:34,000
Speaker 2: But it's Detroit on Sunday for money. I'm Chris